#like that’s just for the 5 prayers

[worstloki]

negative connotations to Arabic phrase ‘God is Great’ incorrect. average praying Muslim does takbir (says Allahu Akbar) a minimum 95 times a day and should have been counted.

#minimum #like MIMIMUM. #each day #like that’s just for the 5 prayers #only the obligatory ones it doesn’t include the additional voluntary ones most people also tend to do at some point #it doesn’t include regular use of the phrase in conversation #the phrase is literally used as an exclamation #like if you say ‘Allahu akbar my shift is over! I can go home alhumdulilah!’ #like I don’t know what to tell you #western news-media connotations are so weird #you literally yell takbir to celebrate as well #saw a thing where everyone did takbir every time someone donated a huge amount to charity like brooooooooo #people be laughing so hard and getting Allahuakbar Allahuakbar out while wheezing #you score a goal? Allahu akbar alhumdulilah #this is very normal culturally transmitted info #Christian Arabs use the phrase as well like it's Arabic come on western media you’re not even trying #it’s such a joke #95 doesn't even include the 2 calls to prayer #it doesn't count people who do the extra allahu akbar (x33) after each prayer #doesn't include anything recited before bed #like. these are not uncommon things people choose to do. like...... BRO??? #if you've ever seen Muslims praying in a group the person leading the prayer does the takbir out loud. that's literally how it's done #there are like 7 or 5 'Allahu akbar's in each round of prayer #you can't NOT say that part out loud it's literally THE part that has to be said out loud in each prayer #this information is very available online #you can say it before doing anything idk why it became a big deal in the west especially #it's some strange xenophobic Islamophobic normalise killings in those regions of the world mix #I’ve been getting recommended so many Arabic anime edits idk what to tell you #call everyone habibi it’s good for you #one of the most popular world languages fr

[toxooz]

anyway the comic update should be next week (3pgs left) until then a ghillie König warm up scribble bc i finally caved and got the sloth pak and am Obsessed with how much more creepy he looks 😞👐

the pic that started it all:

#i never spend money on games other than the initial Game itself but MAN #it passed my rule of dont buy it unless u consistently think abt it for days and well it passed #i do want to get the whole ghost n soap pack too but brother that shit too much money im willing to spend #now i just need his peanut butter edition 😔 #he looks even creepier than his default skin (how hot of him) but i play like a clown so therefor he looks like a clown #BUT homie showed me how to do private matches with bots so i can practice without the feeling of sheepish embarrassment lmfao #bc apparently im even scared to be Perceived by randos who will never see me again in 5 seconds #thats anxiety baybay!!!! #so anyway my prayers have been answered OK i Gotta shuddup brain is playing pinball with 1000 thoughts rn peace #my art #i mean barely PFFFT #scribble #sketch #konig #ghillie #cod #call of duty #call of duty modern warfare 2 #konig modern warfare #modern warfare #call of duty modern warfare #könig #konig cod

[preseriesdean]

SAM AND DEAN + reunion hugs

#spnedit #samdeanedit #corespnedit #supernatural #sam winchester #dean winchester #*sdc #* #i have the last gif saved on my phone and sometimes i just stare at it for 5 minutes straight #deans smile; sams smile; dean burrowing into sams shoulder :)) its everything :-) #was debating on whether to post this or not but #at this point i just have to give up on trying to make scenes from diff seasons look the same haha #like a prayer for which no words exist

[daringdarlingdt]

Big fan of any time Mulcahy plays along with a bit or makes a joke of his own and Hawkeye is just so delighted and will full-bodied laugh about it. It’s the sweetest thing I love their dynamic so much.

#mash #rewatching Life With Father again bc im obsessed with Trapper and Hawkeye in this episode and it happens within the first like 5 minutes #also thinking of in Crisis when Hawkeye makes some crack at the end of Mulcahy’s prayer and Mulcahys just recites that lil jokey prayer. #hawk’s reaction is pretty golden then too. #also deluge “I worked my way through divinity school as a B girl in San Diego” #he can be so silly goofy and hawkeye loves when ppl go along with his bits and are silly goofy with him. #I dont personally ship them together but I can understand where that comes from #hawkeye pierce #father mulcahy #nia originals #best of

[kindahoping4forever]

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#what if this was the last thing I ever posted like what if the blog just ended right now #5sos #5 seconds of summer #ashton irwin #ashton #ai ig #Instagram #what the fuck #kh4f post #like should i announce my retirement rn #or do i hold out and go out if he ever answers my back tattoo prayers

[ageless-aislynn]

Prayer circle for Georgette (my computer). The demons overcame her with just 15 minutes of up time tonight.

Pretty sure the demons live in the Nvidia card because that thing 👿GROWLS 👿 like you wouldn't believe when it becomes possessed hangs up.

In what I'm sure is a total coincidence, Dell has an emergency Nvidia driver update now available, marked critical for system stability. I installed it immediately, if not sooner.

Now, please say it with me, frens...

Dear Lord,

Please remove the demons from Georgette so she can be the awesome computer friend she was meant to be and we can have many fun times together playing Halo (and the various other games in my Steam account that can't be installed right now), vidding and GIFmaking as well as just surfing the Internet without dying multiple times.

Amen.

#ageless aislynn #computer issues #computer problems #georgette #prayer circle #i'm so tired of my computer having the demons #i just want to play halo again #and mass effect andromeda #i just want to be able to turn the computer on and trust it will still be on in 5 minutes #to be able to watch a youtube video without it crashing #to have it sit frickin' idle and crash anyway #she's so unstable and untrustworthy right now and i want that to change #it's got to be a driver compatibility issue but when there are no new drivers available #what are you supposed to do??? #*sigh* #i'm not even joking about this right now #if you pray please pray i'm at the end of my rope with this #alternatively good thoughts or whatever you do at times like this are also welcome

[wyllsravengard]

idk what ramadan is gonna look like for me this year lol

#z.gen #i try to be more on my deen and i will do it this year #like hitting all of my prayers when i normally hit like 3/5 etc #no substances which fluctuates yearly since being calisober is what got me off other drugs but should be fine this yr #a lot of people wont listen to music either but i honestly dont listen to it much during the day regardless #having a very night time schedule is helpful during ramadan #i think im gonna try and focus on establishing all of my prayers #i dont really care to talk about my faith much cause its so genuinely no ones business #but i am muslim i just dont follow the practices of any of the four major sunni schools strongly for other reasons #im not shia either tho... looking #none of it matters rn cause i cant fast anyway LOL but its okay #its just like. kind of hard to celebrate islam with whats going on in palestine #like a lot of my fellow muslims get really obsessed w the aesthetics #but the month is about refraining from worldly desires and practing restraint and is generally anti consumerism #so its like. idk if i care for fun silly ramadan recipes. im gonna try to organize stuff with my mosque again inshallah

[choconoru]

I'm just thinking ik Demigods can't have phones but if they do I like to think that Apollo would chat with his kids in like Whatsapp or any messaging software or something. Like okay Ancient Laws forbid them from seeing their kids? Messaging them kiiiinda doesn't count they're technically not seeing each other eye to eye.

It'd be sweet to think that Kayla or Austin or Will would just randomly send Apollo a bunch of pictures about their day and stuff and Apollo going "Omg nice :)" he'd definitely use emoticons(or maybe even emojis unironically). Okay there's praying but that's mostly one-sided just let me have this

#LIKE OKAY I IMAGINE KAYLA JUST ASKING APOLLO HELP IN HOMEWORK #😭 #SHE'S LIKE DAD HELP WTF DO I DO HERE #and after 5 minutes Apollo replies with detailed instructions and answers #in a way this is like a less formal prayer #in a way #pjo #trials of apollo #toa #lester papadopoulos #my rambles #percy jackson

[1doesnotsimplyhavejust1fandam]

I don’t care if it’s been 3 episodes or 30, I am DEMANDING a 118 firefam hug in the season 7 finale. Get on it now, Tim, or else :)

#911 #911 abc #9-1-1 #9-1-1 abc #I honestly can’t remember the last time this happened but my most recent vivid memory of it is when they all give hen the doctor’s coat😭🥹 #there’s gotta be a more recent one #right? #right?! #firefam #118 firefam #if it absolutely MUST be a core four hug in the hospital waiting room like it’s a prayer circle for Bobby bc he’s hurt I will #RELUCTANTLY #take it #however I would much prefer a 5 way hug (orrrrr a 6 way bc Mr panikkar deserves ALL the hugs AND a main spot in the cast) #give me a 118 firefam group hug or give me death #and all that #I know we all groaned about the Madney proposal containing NO KISS (and I stand by that annoyance) but we need more hugs in this firefam #you’re telling me they’re family but they don’t hug each other ON SCREEN at least once a week??? #perish the thought #is this an excuse to see Hen and Chim buried under the combined forces of Bobby Buck and Eddie’s arms? #yes yes it is #our paramedics deserve the BIGGEST hugs after this season’s perils are finished #I just want to see them love each other like we know they do #plsssss #tim minear

[kitkatabasis]

My experience as someone raised Catholic is so weird because like. On the one hand I'm sure some of the ideas I heard in it have contributed to the particular form my mental illnesses take. But on the other hand mass was SO boring to me as a kid and it was before breakfast time and I had ADHD so I truly did not pay attention to it except for the times when I would have a moral crisis and spend a few weeks paying perfect attention and singing all the songs and such so I don't know how much it actually affected me compared to like. Other people. I mean I certainly don't know much about actual Catholic beliefs other than the basics (and what I learned from reading a heavily annotated scholarly edition of Dante's Inferno). Probably some of that is down to the fact that my family stopped going except for holidays when I was in like 4th grade for a variety of reasons.

Like I've had relatives respond "haha yeah that's Catholic guilt" when I talk about being excessively anxious + guilty about something but I also have anxiety and depression so. Who really knows what the cause was.

(Also sidenote its pretty fucked up for me to describe a mental illness symptom and have a relative be like haha yeah that's Catholic guilt. Like have we considered that maybe that's bad actually if your religion is doing that to you)

#D's notes #Cw christianity #raised catholic tag #Personal #not sure if i should tag this as vent or not bc i don't think it qualifies? But if theres any triggers or anything people want me to tag fo #That i didnt i will #I will say though the catholic knowledge i did get has resulted in some very funny stories #For instance when i was 5 my mom had my sister and i (who was 4) watch the two original star wars trilogies in release order #And for some reason i really liked the prequels #And around the same time i was learning the Lord's Prayer but I was. You know. A child and didnt fully understand all the words #And i have one vivid memory of finishing saying my prayers and asking my mom #Is temptation when anakin wants to use the dark side of the force #Oh also once in sunday school our teacher told us that we were ALL named after saints and had everyone say their name and told them what #Saint they were named after #And got kind of annoyed when i said my name and it wasn't a saint. So just said that my name must be a nickname for a saint that had a #Similar-sounding name.

[snixx]

AND I'm 90% sure I'm developing a cold in peak summer. when shit goes low it has to go LOW huh

#9days9days9days #i have so many desperate prayers idk which to focus on #which is hilarious because i don't even believe in praying but shut up just in case ok #fine universe if you let me pass math with a gp higher than 5 you can give me a cold now. i guess #but god i reallyyyy hope i dont get one my colds are the worst #they last like 2 weeks minimum AND i can't sing

[lonepower]

man that was a lot of honestly really cool setup for........... absolutely not even remotely enough payoff

#i get that they're leaving it open for another one (prayer circle for padawan!kata protagonist) but that ending was Very abrupt #like the whole gameplay nudging you to use the dark outside of story beats thing #but also dathomir witches' magic is dark-based too right? #and one of the reasons they have so many rituals is because it's Very Necessary to handle the dark side carefully? #so it Can be done and i feel like that was underutilized #idk it just feels like a sudden door slam Right at the apogee of cal's arc #that i don't think another 4 year wait and 5 year timeskip is going to do any favors to #oh well. time to play them both over again anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #chi plays jfo #chi liveblogs

[bitegore]

HUH. i think i just got, like attempted-converted but i did not notice LMFAO

#red rambles #dude was very nice and i bear absoluely no ill will i just think it's funny #he wanted a cube of icebreaker gum but unbeknownst to him i had fished the container of icebreakrs he had seen out of the garbage and am #using it to contain my dirty paint water. but also he was like Do you want to hear about this club me and some students started #and i was like Yeah sure! sounds cool! and then a little ways in he started talking about jesus LOL #and i was just like Well actually thats factually incorrect. But i follow you your faith sounds very important to you :D #and then after he was like Can i say a prayer for you and i was like Yeah because when i say a prayer for someone it's like. Fine its just #nice thought and intention to put into the world LMAO #then he went into the 'repeat after me' and i was like hang on a second. #appx 5 minutes later i was like Well i dont want jesus to forgive my sins! That's not how it works in my religion and i think jesus would #probably be with me on that - ...and then we just started talking about ideas of how forgiveness should work and when we should even #consider going to any kind of religion after hurting someone else and then he left LMFAO #really nice guy though. genuinely no malice im just like. Huh. Cool! #that's one i can knock off the bingo sheet

[edge-oftheworld]

ashton really did be like ‘I’m reading the bible’ in his story

#like most christians don’t even read the bible #which is something I took way too long to realise how much of their pressure was projecting anyway #I can’t be the only one who had a good cry about that #like. not in a Must Convert You way. but like. i swear once it was something you were drawn to when #you were scared of the future and wanted security or just to feel loved by someone who’s not also dealing with being human #like I swear we used to just be like ‘oh this is a weird violent love story where Guy In The Sky tells temperamental little dudes (us) #that it’s gonna be okay and he was really extra about ensuring that. #like I was just thinking yesterday about how mum is like a prayer song to me. how sometimes we just want cosmic parents #who you know. we don’t have to be in charge of the emotions of and we don’t have to parent back as they get older #anyway I’m fully tangenting here and ash didn’t even write mum obvs that’s lukes song and like good for him. whatever #but to normalise trying out not even Christianity but this weird long ass document we’re obsessed with?? when did we lose that #when did we let people take it to oppress people and why did we not fight to take it back from them? #anyway ash please find my faithfromanewperspective blog so we can talk about the bible #or any of you. send me an as about the bible pref on my main blog but I’m not fussy #ashton irwin #5 seconds of summer #5sos

[rohirric-hunter]

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#prayers/well wishes appreciated #just had to call out of work on account of 101° f fever and uncontrollable shaking #which like is obviously the right choice #but now theres a very real chance i wont be able to make rent this month #but like first of all ill go to work when im all sorts of sick but i draw the line at 100° f+ fevers #thats my rule #and if i go outside in the cold with these shakes on the slick ice ill probably fall over #and i definitely dont want that #its probably fine because i was verbally told that i can pay rent up to 5 days late with no penalty. dont have it in writing but #and ill have another paycheck 2 days after rent is due that will more than cover the difference #ill call the office and let them know itll be a couple of days late theyre easygoing and it SHOULD be fine #but last time this happened to me i got an eviction notice and had to move out of my apartment on christmas eve #so im understandably anxious #this situation is totally different #these people are professionals my last landlord was a bitch who didnt like me #because i was on her case about renting out the other apartment before shed had the cockroaches dealt with #and because i demanded basic amenities such as the ability to close the window in the winter #itll be fine #but im anxious #and shaking #which is making the anxiety worse #anyway i think ill get some juice and then try to get back to sleep

[roguetelepaths]

Please give me more fantasy of manners shit in scifi settings I need stories in which the central plot and conflict resolution revolves around exploring and trying to subvert the sociocultural constraints of an alien civilization/use them to your own advantage like I need oxygen for real

#shit like londo's plot in the babylon 5 episode The War Prayer #incidentally this is an ethos i try to follow in a lot of my dominion fic #'there are all these kinda fucked up norms of behavior and culture we're beholden to and we can't just Escape from them' #'so how do we make the best lives for ourselves within those norms while we work to dismantle the underlying assumptions they carry'